Improvement in match-safes



W. STINE.

Match Box.

No. 113,360. Patented April 4, 1871.

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WILLIAM STINE, or ELMoRE, OHIO, ASSIGNOR T0 HIMSELF Ann HENRY 11. LYLE,or PILATKA, FLORIDA. r

- Letters Patent No. 113,360, dated April 4, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT lN MATCH-SAFES- The Schedule referred' to in these LettersPatent and making p'art of the same.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM Srmmof Elmore, inthe county of Ottawa and State of Ohio, have invented a 'new andimproved Match-Safe; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable othersskilledzin the art to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing forming part of this specification, in which--Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my improved match-sate.

Figures 2 and 3 are transverse sections of the same, :i: xv, fig. 1,being the section line.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to a new match safe, which is so constructed thatthe matches can successively and singly be removed from the same withoutrequir-" ing the opening of the main lid or-cover.

The invention consists in the application to the safe of anarrow hinged.side, which will be opened by pressure upon top and bottom of safe, andis provided with a lip, by means of which it carries one match out ofthe-safe when opened as aforesaid.

The main lid is used. only for filling the safe.

A in the drawing represents a match-safe made of sheet metal or othersuitable material, of suitable size and shape.

y B is its main lid or cover, hinged or pivoted at a in suitable manner,and held closed by suitable means.

One side, 71, of the box is also hinged or'pivoted so that it can beswung out, as shown in fig. 3.

The side I) closes against a projecting flange, c, of the bottom of thebox, and is held closed. by an ear, d, which enters an aperture in theflange c, as shown.

. The ear (1 is slightly convex.

e is a lip or flange projecting inwardly from the plate b When the lidand side. i) are both closed, and the top and bottom of the box areslightly compressed by two fingers, as in fig. 3, the rounded ear d willbe crowded out of its hold in c, and the plate b is thereby swung open.

The matches are filled into the box when the lid B is open. The. same isthen keptclosed.

Whenever thereafter the plate I) .is swung open it will, on its lipc,carry out one match, as indicated in fig. 3, the size of lip andopening for the same being just large enough to admit one match.

The lip e closes the opening in the side of the match safe whenever-theplateb is opened, as shown in fig. 3.

The matches can thus be conveniently reached in specified.

' 'WILLTAM STINE.

Witnesses:

- M. G. BEEBE,

,A. T. COLEMAN.

